Sounds like something out of a reality show but this is real life. I was listening to the Christian O’Connell show on Virgin Radio yesterday morning and they conducted a listeners poll on the Beatles (formed in 1960) – to play or not to play, that was the question!

The dear listeners in their wisdom have decided that they do not want to listen to them any more so no more Sergeant Pepper or Rubber Soul. It got me thinking, if they are not going to play any more Beatles songs what about all of the great songs that Lennon and McCartney penned, no more of any of them either? How about The Rolling Stones (1962), The Kinks (1963), The Who (1964), Pink Floyd (circa 1966), Led Zeppelin (1968), Jethro Tull (1968), Uriah Heep (1969), Queen (1970)??

Don’t get me wrong, I am not a great fan of the Beatles, but don’t they, along with all of the other greats, form part of the history of British music? Not that I am one to try and prove a point, but riding high in this weeks chart at #15 is Billy Fury, with ‘His Wondrous Story‘. He goes back further than the Beatles, so my Dad tells me, his career in music started in the late 50’s and he had success until his last chart single in 1983 His Album ‘We Want Billy‘ was a milestone being the first “Live” British Rock Album. Close on his heels at #16 is Joe Brown with his “Very Best Of” He has a career spanning 40 years, seen as a jolly Cockney rock and roll singer he has been releasing albums since 1962, some 27 in total and the most recent being Down To Earth released in 2006.